November 2020
Your Impact Reaches
A Shelter Program
Matrix Housing Services is a nonprofit organization that connects people experiencing homelessness with shelter in Dakota County. They've had to add additional programming since the pandemic began.

Thanks to you, 100 meals a week are being provided to Matrix clients.

Linda (photo on left) comes to our Easter Lutheran community meal site Monday through Thursday to pick up 25 meals a night for Matrix clients. All of our regular volunteers know Linda well and take pride in preparing the meals for Matrix. With a waiting list of over 100 people trying to get assistance for permanent housing with Matrix, this partnership is critically important.
Mark Your Calendars!
Give to the Max is underway!
It's your chance to give locally and create change right here in Minnesota.

When you give to Loaves & Fishes, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $85,000 thanks to matching funds from the following generous sponsors: BI Worldwide, Tempworks Software, Quality Bicycle Products, By the Yard and The Erdahl Family Foundation.
The Walk to End Hunger is a family-friendly walk held on Thanksgiving morning. This year it's going virtual!
Walk anywhere, participate virtually and donate to help feed the 1 in 8 Minnesotans experiencing hunger.

Sign up online today at www.walktoendhunger.org and walk for Team Loaves & Fishes!
Good Fortune Brought to
A HUB Partner
Asian Media Access (AMA), a HUB partner with Loaves & Fishes for the past two years, recently put on a food distribution event that impacted over 400 families.

The crowd favorite of the day was the fresh pineapple and peaches supplied by Loaves & Fishes.

“In Taiwan, pineapple is called ‘Enriching Fortune.’” Ange Hwang, Executive Director of AMA, explained. “If people are going to change their fate or luck, they will bring a pineapple back home to improve their fortune. It was a great blessing for all families in need to bring the pineapple back home from our food distribution event.”

After the event, AMA received a thank you note highlighting the fresh fruit.

“We had a family write to us that the peaches and pineapple filled their car with that fragrance and really empowered them to want to eat healthy,” Hwang said. “That freshness really gave comfort to our community.”
Softball and Socks
The University of Minnesota Gopher softball team wanted to find a way to give back to the Loaves & Fishes community. Due to team restrictions they are currently unable to volunteer at a site. They got creative and partnered with us to make sock bundles filled with community meal site information, hygiene items, masks and protein bars for our guests.

"We were grateful to be able to help Loaves & Fishes and give back to our community," senior infielder MaKenna Partain said. "It was a great way for the team to have some fun together while staying socially distanced. We can't wait to see how the sock bundles make a difference in the community!"
Loaves & Fishes
(612) 377-9810

Meals. Comfort. Kindness.